In Lab 17 you will apply many scientific skills that you‘ve acquired in Bio 204 and Bio 207—these skills range from making scientific observations to using laboratory equipment; from understanding controls and variables to manipulating variables to change the nature of an experiment; from data collection using software (e.g., MS EXCEL, IMAGEJ) to statistical data analysis; from writing in scientific format to analysis of scientific literature; and from hypothesis formulation and testing to experimental design. Lab 17 challenges you to use these lab skills creatively.

In Lab 17 you will use variables and controls of your own choosing to design a physiology experiment and collect experimental data using Powerlab and Lab Tutor.

You will demonstrate your scientific skills by demonstrating your ability to:

1. Ask scientifically meaningful questions based on your understanding of physiology.
2. Develop testable hypotheses related to these questions.
3. Design an experiment that either allows you to test a hypothesis or hypotheses or to make observations that would lead you to future questions or development of a hypothesis.
4. Collect data using Powerlab and Lab Tutor
5. Analyze your data using statistics
6. Clearly and succinctly communicate your findings in a lab report

Selecting a Topic for your Experiment
The Experimental Categories available for use with Lab Tutor and the Powerlab are listed below (as well as in the Lab Manual). Some of these modules you have not completed in lab, so you will need to go online and read the experiments to learn about them.
You will be required to use data acquisition windows in Lab Tutor but you should not copy the exercises that are already present in Lab Tutor. Be creative.
● You can also consider integrating your category with aspects of physiology not requiring PowerLab such as field sobriety tests (in the absence of drugs or alcohol) and sensory physiology.